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Stephen Cotton | |
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 ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton | |
| General Secretary of the International Transport Workers' Federation | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Preceded by | David Cockcroft |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Union Leader |
| Awards | United Seamen’s Service (USS) Admiral of the Ocean Sea Award (AOTOS) |
Stephen Cotton is the general secretary of the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) – a global union federation of 677 trade unions representing 19.7 million workers in 149 countries in the seafaring, port, road, rail, tourism and aviation sectors. He was elected to the position at the 43rd ITF Congress held in Sofia, Bulgaria in 2014 and reelected at the 44th ITF Congress held in Singapore in 2018.